More about Rick Rojas Atlanta as a Launchpad: While Carter’s home was always in the small Georgia town of Plains, Atlanta gave him the opportunities to cement a political and humanitarian legacy.

Former President Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, is celebrating his life and legacy following his passing. Signs expressing gratitude and admiration adorn the town, with messages lik ...

America's final salute to former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday with a funeral procession in Plains, Georgia. Carter died Sunday at age 100. A hearse carrying Carter's casket left Phoebe ...

PLAINS, Ga. — Plains, Georgia is where Jimmy Carter’s story began, and it is where he will be buried. But his story is by no means over. His legacy lives on, and people in Plains will make ...

Jimmy Carter, a steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, according to his son James E. Carter III, known as Chip.

a Georgia State Patrol officer, shared a personal memory from his childhood. "The history goes back to about 1974. My father was a trooper, and when Governor Carter would go from Plains to Atlanta.

PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter 's long public goodbye began Saturday in south Georgia where the 39th U.S. president's life began more than 100 years ago. A motorcade with Carter's flag-draped casket ...

"I think he was the finest man that ever served in office," said Randy Fenley, who traveled from Macon, Georgia for the procession. From Plains:"He was the same man all the time": Plains locals ...

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Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died last Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 100. He was the longest-living president in U.S. history. He is survived by his ...